18) Why does a cow look over the dyke? Because she can't look through it. 19) Why is a horse cleverer than a mouse? Because it can run away in a trap. 20) It's long and it's broad and it's not very wide, it wears a green selvage on every side? the road 21) What is the difference between a man looking up stairs and a man going up stairs? One "stairs" up steps and the other steps up stairs. Bessie Mac Naught 3th May 1938 (From school-children's compilation 31-2
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Local-place names Rathmullen, Co Donegal. Ireland Near the Saltpand there are three Lakes called the Lily Lake, Round Lough and the Long Lough. In Gortlough, Rathmullen there is a Lough called Gortlough Near Glencros, Rathmullen there is a field called the Kiln field because there is a Kiln near it. Near Killygarven there is a field called the Blackfield and another called the Hill field. It is called the Hill field because it is situated in a very hilly district. Near Aughavennan there is a field called the Flats. It is called that because it is very flat
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